Design of an optical biosensor based on photonic crystal at THz frequency

Abstract

We discuss the transmission characteristics of photonic crystal with two defect illuminated by a continuous wave of Transverse Electric (TE) mode at low terahertz frequency. To study its performance we solve numerically the corresponding Maxwell equations by means of finite difference frequency domain method. By varying the angle of incident, width of defect layer and refractive index in the second defect layer, it is found that the device exhibits a significant transmission enhancement at two wavelengths with typical changes. We also demonstrate its potential applications for biosensor platform